Humidifying device



A. A. SIEGLER.

HUMIDIFYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1917.

1,325,587. I Patented Dec. 23,1919.

ARTHUR A. SIEGLEB, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HUMIDIFYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed May 23, 1917. Serial No. 170,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. SIEGLER,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, inthe county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have lnven d certain new and useful Improvements Humidifying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to humidlfy ng devices for employment 1n connection w th radiators. It is the object of my mvention to provide a simple and effic ent device to be applied to a radiator w1th1n a home for the purpose of receiving a certain amount of water which will be acted upon by the heat of the radiator and evaporatedto increase the percentage of moisture within the dwell ing and thereby render the atmosphere more conducive to health and better calculated to keep the furniture and woodwork of the house in good condition. That is not the case where the air is largely bereft of its moisture.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claim.

.In the drawings illustrating the application of my invention in one form,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a radiator having my humidifier applied-thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation w th the humldifier device in section. Fig. 3 is a partial View similar to Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a part perspective view of a portion only of the humidifying device, Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the humidlfying device.

As illustrated the humidifier comprises a shield 10 adapted to extend behind the radiator and adjacent the wall and to be spaced from the radiator a requisite distance. The shield 10 is secured to end castings 11 and 12 which castings are L-shaped and provide a support for a cover 13 which forms a prolongation of the shield 10.

As'best shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the cover '13 is provided with apertures 14 which are means of which the trough is secured to the cover 13. Secured to the ends '17 and 18 or directly to the cover 13 between said ends and extending longitudinally along the trough is a plate 23 having a downwardly turned flange 24 which bridges the surface 25 of a body of water in the trough member 16.

The device rests by gravity upon the top of the radiator 26 in which position the shield 10 is spaced as indicated at 27 from the back of the coils of the radiator and the cover 13 is held spaced above the top of said coils. The trough 16 rests directly upon the upper edges of the radiator coils and is exposed to the heated air ascending along the surface 25 of the water in' the trough and escapes through the opening 29 above side Wall 19. The elongated openings 14 are effectively sealed by the hinged doors 15 and yet give convenient and ready access to the interior of trough 16 whereby the same may be. washed or otherwise cleaned and refilled.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent. The construction is inexpensive. It is easily applied to any radiator by simply slipping the same down over the back of the radiator. It is not unsightly and provides a support upon which articles may be laid. The heatedair passing in a continuous current, as it does, directly in contact with the surface of the heated water in the trough rapidly evaporates such water and transfers the same into the atmosphere of the house. Refilling is a matter of no difiiculty at all as the openings 14 are large enough so that the water can conveniently be poured through them from a dipper,

pitcher or pail. These openings also are so large that the interior of the trough may be frequently cleaned without inconvenience, a matter of the utmost importance in a device of this character, because if not frequently cleaned the interior of a humidifier soon becomes fouled so as to give off bad odors.

. I claim:

A humidifier comprising a troughlikereceptacle adapted to rest upon the top of a radiator and having side and end Walls the end Walls being higher than the side walls, a shield secured to said end walls and spaced from the upper' edges of the side Walls and extending above the receptacle and back of the radiator for directing heated currents of air caused by the radiator over the edges of the side Walls and across the surface of the Water, and a baffle p1'0 jecting obliquely from said shield so that 10 its lower edge comes into proximity with the surface of the Water in the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR A. SIEGLER. 

